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that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is a little bit off subject, but i have been independent since ross perot ran for president. i would like to know, why, and how do we change it, that the independents can vote in the primaries? i have not been able to vote in the primaries for a long time. i do not think our representatives can do this all by themselves. i believe the american citizens have to get more involved. if the representatives go back to the basics and give the american people what they are asking for, we can do leaps and bounds in the 21st century. that is all i have to say. >> than
that is all i can say from texas. i am hispanic. they will communicate the republicans with hispanics, and their morals are more acceptable. >> you mentioned morals. is that a higher issue for you than something like immigration reform? caller: yes. more than the immigration reform. i am an american citizen. i was democratic. i like chris christie for president. i hope he wins. >> thanks for your call this evening. florida is next, independent line. jeff. hello. caller: hi. this is...
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as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've grown a lot faster. we've grown at least 4% about a third of the years over the past 60 years. we also know that 4% growth is possible because in states like it's where we are today, they grow at 4% or even more. texas grew, i believe, at 4.8% in the last calendar year, that's the latest data. if you compare that to the u.s. growth which i said, again, is between 2-2.5%, so we know we can do better, and we know there are lessons out will in america that can show us how we can do better. we're here today to talk about immigration as well in addition to growth. and as the ambassador said, we kn
as the ambassador mentioned, we're here in texas. this is an especially relevant topic to texas. it's relevant, we're finding, to america nationwide but especially so here in the lone star state. and it's an interesting comparison. so our project here is the 4% growth project. we're trying to get u.s. gdp about double the rate that it is now. in recent times we've been growing at about 2-2.5% a year. we think that's too slow, and we know we can do better. one way is because in the past we've...
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they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of pasadena, whose mayor indicated, before the unconstitutional ruling, that he had a plan. he didn't like single-member districts which give access to many of emerging diverse populations in pasadena. he has a plan to go back to the at-large. the said now i can do it, because there is no permission i need get. there are many things, "stand your ground" laws, and an article in the edmund paper in oklahoma said the bill that jackson-lee has is promote criminals law. i have a bill that wants to review the "stand your ground" law. i believe we can engauge. i believe there are good people, al
they just mentioned texas. what is going on in texas? >> texas is challenging. first of all, let me mind my manners, to thank all of you. i have occasion to engage in everyone. let me say the last sentence was vital. the movement must continue. and as i left texas several things are happening. one, the voter i.d. law was implemented within minutes of supreme court declaring that section 5 was invalid but even more importantly, the headline yesterday was a small town by the name of...
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do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry you can develop an south of the places that want to buy a product and the places i want to let their hikers died in the mountains, they will die in the mountains until it's time for them to realize maybe there legislation is a bit overprotective and then you start selling to them when they change there legislation. if you have a one size fits all privacy bill at the federal level, i don't think you will like the results especially when we take look at the types of bills that are working their way through the congress right now. the b
do the same thing on a ranch in texas. i'm thinking that you don't believe that anyone is going to be snapping a photo of the. your conceptions of privacy changed based on where you're at. i also think if the people and somewhere you don't want to subject themselves to raises events so they can have a crime free utopian society, then it's their right to choose to do that. and if massachusetts wants and then unmanned system let them do it and then things will work themselves out. as an industry...
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mitchell never forgot his hometown of galveston, texas. e had a vision and saw the -- and n strand celebration larger than new orleans. george mitchell was a visionary who tapped into american exceptionalism and left a lasting mark on texas, america and the world. george mitchell gave my kids and every kid in america a very of ial gift, the gift freedom that comes from knowing e nation cannot hurt our economy by taking away the oil and gas we need. . saw this firsthand in 1979 shahye tolla overthrew the of iran and came here to united states for treatment of cancer. the world was not happy that we when ah come to america opec took away oil. i was 16 years old when that happened. i just got my driver's license. y job was to drive our chevy gas rado down to the station, odor even and fill the truck with the maximum of 20 gallons of gasoline. the price doubled overnight. because of george mitchell, american children will never have to go through that again if we can follow his dream of developing shale plates all across this great nation. geo
mitchell never forgot his hometown of galveston, texas. e had a vision and saw the -- and n strand celebration larger than new orleans. george mitchell was a visionary who tapped into american exceptionalism and left a lasting mark on texas, america and the world. george mitchell gave my kids and every kid in america a very of ial gift, the gift freedom that comes from knowing e nation cannot hurt our economy by taking away the oil and gas we need. . saw this firsthand in 1979 shahye tolla...
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we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do not just winning but winning that primary by 14 points in winning the general by 16 points. [applause] >> that was a testament to the grassroots. it was a testament to the power of men and women across the state with a passion to turn our country around. and i'll tell you, i don't think i have ever been a part of anything in my life that was more humbling and inspiring. tell you a true story from the campaign true. i was up in lubbock, texas, during the runoff. and an older gentleman came up to me, someone i didn't know, and he put his han
we saw grassroots leaders throughout texas. we so republican women, like my friend, sylvia your we saw tea party leaders. we saw business leaders. we socking and activists come together, men and women begin knocking on doors, making phone calls, sending us, getting a facebook and twitter and reaching out to everyone they knew, and saying, listen, we can't keep doing what we've been doing. we've got to turn things around. and despite being outspent three to one, we went from 2% in the polls do...
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let's hear from democratic call ner texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. all i can say is it's that time. this is about time. in 40 or 50 years ago it should have been done. it's sad the only thing we as americans learn from history is that we refuse to learn anything from history. if you want to look at a perfect example of this, look at the prohibition. look at the 18th amendment /'1"st amendment which reversed the 18th amendment here. the prohibition made millionaires out of thugs. now we are making billionaires out of thugs with this war on drugs. it's about time. the last caller said for whatever reason they made marijuana illegal or drugs illegal. if you look at the history it's all about racism. i'm white. let me get that clear. host: john, republican caller. caller: good morning. i've been a watcher of c-span for many many years. i'm 70 years old. i've tried other times to get through and have had no luck until today. before i make my comment about the legalization i would like to say somebody doesn't do his math correct. in an article you read abo
let's hear from democratic call ner texas. caller: thank you for taking my call. all i can say is it's that time. this is about time. in 40 or 50 years ago it should have been done. it's sad the only thing we as americans learn from history is that we refuse to learn anything from history. if you want to look at a perfect example of this, look at the prohibition. look at the 18th amendment /'1"st amendment which reversed the 18th amendment here. the prohibition made millionaires out of...
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pasadena, texas. robert of the democrats' line. >> i just wanted to say, talking about the defense authorization bill, it was pretty split among the party. 111 democrats voting for it and 93 republicans supporting the amendment. i was just wondering what that will translate to, primary politics and all of that on the democratic side. you don't really see a strong libertarian later, i am just wondering how that vacuum is going to change. i am just wondering what that is going to look like in the midterm elections. >> robert was mentioning the amendment to the 2014 defense spending bill that would have defunded this nsa program and it fell short, the final vote was 217-205. 111 democrats supported it, and 93 republicans supported it. you can see the numbers against it. >> thank you for taking my call. my issue with this whole thing is that they have a hearing or a meeting on friday. they have the gentleman from the different branches of there, it is just metadata. as has been brought to our attention ea
pasadena, texas. robert of the democrats' line. >> i just wanted to say, talking about the defense authorization bill, it was pretty split among the party. 111 democrats voting for it and 93 republicans supporting the amendment. i was just wondering what that will translate to, primary politics and all of that on the democratic side. you don't really see a strong libertarian later, i am just wondering how that vacuum is going to change. i am just wondering what that is going to look like...
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texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize marijuana. there's not a single member of the senate who is -- you can describe in any way as promarijuana or having, you know, proposed any kind of, like, you know, even medical marijuana legislation. >> host: ryan next, huntington station, new york. good morning. >> caller: good morning. so far he talking about the economic upsides of legalization, but i'm afraid of the possible economic down side wide spread legalization and that as it becomes more legal, it's going deprive revenue and labor from good american corporations like the -- constructions -- correc
texas is pretty hostile to the idea. and lot of places are. in part because, you know, even though there's a, you know, very fast, you know, rising tide of acceptance for the idea in particular the idea of medical marijuana it remains a classic call issue like gay marriage and a lot of other things that americans have broadly support but, you know, small groups of strongly opposed people have been to be use these issues glown a devicive way. so right no there's no federal fowsh legalize...
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gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written without much participation. remember when, who was a? wilt chamberlain or charles barkley for some and was asked, was it pashtun was a berkeley? yeah, he was asked what's this doing in your biography? in the autobiography. he said i don't know, i haven't read it yet last night lori swanson, gloria swanson in these handwritten notes said that she tried during and after her affair with joe to figure out how to get out of catholic who went to confession and went to mass -- devout catholic, could cheat on his wife like this. and she said, and gloria wise, you know, had her own prejudices. didn't like
gloria swanson, one of the things i've found is i went to austin, texas, to see their gloria swanson papers. you know, i teach thd students. i'm probably the only historian who has made the trip to austin, texas, which has these great archives including the lbj library, to look at the gloria swanson papers. endemic lori swanson papers i found her hand written notes that she gave her, whoever wrote her autobiography. the autobiography had none of this stuff, and the autobiography was written...
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the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on the rest of the ways that privacy may be implicated. >> understood. ben? >> just to give a little bit of historical context for the audience, so really a lot of these issues running privacy and unmanned aircraft started about a year or so ago, after congress passed the faa authorization bill, which had been stalled for a number of years. and when congress finally passed not go there was a section in therefore calling for the faa to write this a few rules to allow unmanned aircraft to fly in national airspace. that language
the texas bill is absurd. it's almost humorous and now it goes just after drones and it has all these carveouts for realtors and cattlemen and oilmen, and it's just, it's legislation gone bad. it doesn't do anything for privacy from aerial surveillance from helicopters or from fixed positions and whatnot. those are the big problems i have with the, but the trigger here is the dystopian fears of robotics and unmanned systems and that's why we're seeing so much emphasis on drums rather than on...
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they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are nationals. so the access to wheelchairs', walkers to more arrows in your district has drastically changed. walmart got a contract and have to bring it to you and deliver it and teach you how to use it. if anyone believes that is going to happen, i don't. >> well, skepticism is a good thing. this gentleman right here. >> the sequestration. i think a lot of us are asking, we want more of this and more of that. i was proud to take a drive on a tinker air force base up until this year. all of a sudden, you're telling me my time is now worth -- whenever we are doing that there must be wrong because you're not
they went to texas. they went to the nationals who do not do that stuff. we pass this law. it is in your district, the very southern part of all the way up. this is something. this just sit up, july 1. you're going to have to travel and have a supplier. >> this is a state -- >> federal law. >> medicare is your supplier. so in other words, this happen. it was fair and wherever else. like a said. there are four local suppliers that cut the contract. all the rest of these are...